Making Global Society: A Study of Humankind Across Three Eras

ISBN-13: 9781009372183 / Angielski

Barry Buzan

Opis

Barry Buzan combines the abstract approach of social science with the narrative approach of historians to convey a living sense of the human story across three eras. His detailed assessment of the material conditions and social structures of humankind transcend Eurocentrism and open the way to understanding global society.

Recenzje

'This is the book that fans of English School have been waiting for, and only Barry Buzan could have delivered it. His tour de force Making Global Society: A Study of Humankind Across Three Eras helps the reader see both world history and IR theory with new eyes.' Ayse Zarakol, University of Cambridge

Spis treści

1. Introduction; Part I. Laying the Foundations for a Global Society: 2. Pre-prelude – the hunter-gatherer era; 3. Prelude – the era of conglomerate agrarian/pastoralist empires 2310BC to 1800AD; Part II. The Transition to Modernity and the Making of Global Society: 4. Material conditions; 5a. Social structure I – CAPE instructions carried forward into the transition; 5b. Social structure II – institutions new with the transition; 6. Where are we within the transition from CAPE to modernity; Part III. Deep Pluralism: More Transition or Modernity Proper?: 7. Material conditions; 8. Social structure; Part IV. Conclusions: 9. Conclusions.